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Do-Si-Do with Autism

by Sarah Ann Stup

32 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #06-0033; ISBN 1-4120-8279-x; US$14.99, C$17.24, EUR12.31, £8.62

An entertaining way to introduce inclusion for people with disabilities or other differences. Taylor the Turtle, lonely with autism, reaches out with his love of books to make new friends.

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Do-si-do with Autism is an entertaining and thoughtful way to introduce young children to the concept of community inclusion for those with developmental disabilities or other differences. The author, Sarah Ann Stup, lives with autism and provides hints to help the readers' friends with autism spectrum disorder.

This exciting adventure dares to reduce the wonder about differences and to advance the possibility of friendships among children and their peers. The main character, Taylor the Turtle, sheds light on what it is like to feel pain from the movements and sounds around him. Square dancing day at school fills Taylor with particular dread. He retreats to the sidelines and finds solace in the books he loves. To Taylor's surprise, his classmates follow his lead and they all come to focus less on their differences and more on their common ground.

Autism is a disability that occurs in one in every 166 births in the United States, with rates of diagnoses steadily increasing. Children with autism frequently have intelligence equal or even superior to their non-disabled peers. They often attend school with typically-developing children; but their bodies work differently and as a result, they are often misunderstood and socially alienated. Children wonder about their classmates with autism, and sometimes want to befriend them.

An inspiring read for young friends, classmates, and relatives of people with disabilities and other differences.

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About the Author

Sarah Ann Stup is an author of growing reputation from Frederick, Maryland, who writes on the topics of community inclusion, education, and her role in the world as a young woman with autism. Sarah explains that her speaking voice is broken, but that she has found a more powerful voice through the written word.

Sarah possesses a rare ability to teach the world about the people that are hidden underneath disabilities. Sarah's insight into autism is unique and should be treated as a treasured artifact that sheds light into a much sought after world that doctors cannot penetrate and most people with autism cannot articulate. Sarah hopes her voice will echo in the minds of politicians who make our laws, educators who teach our children, communities who hold our citizens, and people who make up our society.

She is the recipient of the 2004 Arc of Maryland Self-Advocate of the Year Award and the 2004 Frances and Lease Bussard Award for Self-Advocacy. Sarah was awarded several grants that allow her to pursue her dream career as a business owner and self-employed author with supports from The Arc of Frederick County and The Arc of Carroll County, Maryland.

Sarah can be reached at SarahStup@aol.com.

Books can be ordered directly from Sarah at:

www.SarahStup.com

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